1479 -
Louis IX, the Rich, duke of
Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61.
1547 -
Pietro Bembo dies (b. 1470). Italian Catholic cardinal.
1580 - Antonio Scandello dies at 63. Italian composer (Passion of John).
1624 - Juan de Ovando Santarén Gómez de Loaisa y Rojas, was born in Málaga (d. 1706). Spanish poet.
1671 - El pirata inglés
Henry John Morgan encabeza un ataque contra la ciudad de Panamá.
1733 - A
polar bear was first exhibited in Boston.
1734 - Caspar Friedrich Wolff, was born [d. 1794]. German physiologist, known as the "founder of modern embryology. (" In Theoria Generationis" - 1759 ) .
1779 -
Peter Roget was born London (d. 1869). English physician and lexicographer who, in 1814, invented a "log-log" slide rule for calculating the roots and powers of numbers
(Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases -1852).
1782 -
Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire (d. 1852). American statesman, lawyer and orator.
1799 - Joseph Dixon was born (d. 15 Jun 1869). American
inventor and
manufacturer who pioneered in the industrial use of graphite and many other innovations.
1813 -
Joseph Glidden was born (d. 9 Oct. 1906). American inventor; he was an Illinois farmer when he developed the design of the first commercial barbed wire,
patented 24 Nov 1874, a product that would transform the West.
1825 - Sir Edward Frankland, was born (d. 9 Aug 1899). English
chemist who was one of the first investigators in the field of structural chemistry, invented the chemical bond, and became known as the father of valency.
1848 -
Ioan Slavici was born (d. 1925). Transylvanian writer.
1850 -
Seth Low was born (d. 1916). American politician.
1870 -
Samuel Bailey dies (b. 1791). English philosopher and economist.
1871 - German Empire established The
German Empire, forged as a result of diplomacy rather than an outpouring of popular nationalist feeling, was founded this day in 1871 in the aftermath of three successful wars by the North German state of
Prussia.
Wilhelm I of Germany becomes the first
German Emperor.
1878 - Argentina y Chile reconocen como límite entre ambos países la Cordillera de los Andes, en la línea "de las más altas cumbres" enunciada por el perito Francisco P. Moreno.
1882 -
A.A. Milne was born (d. 1956). English author.
1884 -
Dr William Price attempts to
cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK.
1892 - José Dias Ferreira becomes Prime-Minister of Portugal.
1892 -
Oliver Hardy was born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 7 Aug 1957). American comedian and actor. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy formed the most successful comedy act in Hollywood. Among others, they played in the films
Duck Soup (1927), The Battle of the Century (1928), Two Tars (1928) and Big Business (1929). In 1932 the pair was awarded an Oscar for their performance in
The Music Box.
1896 - The
X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
1900 - Darío Gómez Serrato was born (d. 1985). Paraguayan poet and musician. His work includes
Yasy Yateré and
Visión de Patria.1904 -
Cary Grant was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire (d. 1986). English actor.
1906 -
Bartolomé Mitre dies. Argentine militar, politician and writer. President of Republic (1862-1868).
1908 - Herman Snellen dies (b. 19 Feb 1834). Dutch
ophthalmologist whose Snellen Chart imprinted with lines of black letters is used for testing visual acuity.
1908 -
Jacob Bronowski was born (d. 22 Aug 1974). Polish-born British mathematician and man of letters who eloquently presented the case for the humanistic aspects of science.
1912 - The ill-fated
Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover
Amundsen had been there first.
1913 -
Danny Kaye was born (d. 1987). American actor, singer, comedian.
1915 - Santiago Carrillo was born. Dirigent of
PCE ( Partido Comunista Español = Spanish Communist Party).
1915 - Pancho Villa é proclamado presidente do México e assume poderes militares e civis.
1915 - Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die .
1916 - A 611
gram chondrite type
meteorite struck a house near the village of
Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
1919 -
World War I: The
Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France. One the very day and the location of the founding of the German Reich, the peace conference intended to end WWI was opened in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. Delegates from 27 Allied countries conferred about the future of Europe.
1920 - Erupção do vulcão São Miguel, no México, que causa a morte de 6 mil pessoas.
1921 - Belding H. Scribner was born (d. 19 Jun 2003). American physician who
invented the Scribner shunt, making long-term kidney dialysis possible.
1922 -
Bob Bell was born (d. 1997). American clown.
1924 - Indulto a los asesinos de
Eduardo Dato, presidente del Gobierno español.
1929 - Um violento terremoto destrói a cidade de Cumaná, na Venezuela.
1933 - Ray Dolby was born. Physicist,
engineer, and inventor of the Dolby Noise Reduction Systems.
1934 - Revolta de trabalhadores vidreiros da Marinha Grande, contra o governo de Salazar.
1936 -
Rudyard Kipling dies (b. 1865). British writer, Nobel Prize Literature 1907.
1938 -
Curt Flood was born (d. 1977). Baseball player.
1952 -
R. Stevie Moore was born. American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer.
1952 -
Curly Howard dies (b. 1903). American actor and comedian.
1953 - Sir Evelyn Baring, Governor of Kenya, imposes a death penalty for all those who organise the taking of the Mau Mau oath.
1955 -
Kevin Costner was born. Actor, director (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham...).
1959 -
Nei Lisboa was born. Brazilian rock musician.
1963 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh dies (b. Jun 1899). English
mathematician whose contributions to analysis placed him in the forefront of his profession [Theory of Functions]
1965 -
Dave Attell was born. American writer and comedian.
- 1968 - Emmerico Nunes dies in Sines (b. 06 Jan 1888). Portuguese cartoonist.
- 1969 - Hans Freyer dies (b. 1887). German sociologist.
- 1970 - David O. McKay dies (b. 1873). President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- 1971 - Josep Guardiola Sala was born. Spanish football (soccer) player.
- 1975 - The Jeffersons debuts on CBS.
- 1976 - Iván Zamorano was born. Chilean football (soccer) player.
- 1976 - Marcelo Daniel Gallardo was born. Argentine football (soccer) player.
1979 - Troops in the Central African Republic suppress a youth led riot against the imposition of school uniforms.
1979 -
Jay Chou was born. Taiwanese singer and producer.
1980 - Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1 .
1980 - Sir
Cecil Beaton dies (b. 1904). English fashion designer.
1983 -
Arturo Illía dies. President of Argentina (1963-1966).
1985 - A Federação Latino-Americana e do Caribe de Jornalistas Desportivos elege o brasileiro Joaquim Cruz o melhor atleta latino-americano de 1984.
1986 - 88 pessoas morrem em colisão de um avião em Santa Elena, na Guatemala.
1988 - Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board .
1990 - Former
preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother Peggy McMartin Buckey are acquitted in a
Los Angeles, California court of 52 child molestation charges.
1991 - Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israel : Iraq has attacked two Israeli cities with Scud missiles, prompting fears that Israel may be drawn into the Gulf War / Durante a Guerra do Golfo, o Iraque lança oito mísseis contra Israel, com o objetivo de forçar o estado judeu a entrar no conflito.
1991 - O festival internacional de música, o “Rock in Rio” inicia no Rio de Janeiro .
1995 -
Adolf Butenandt dies (b. 24 Mar 1903). German biochemist who was the co-winner (with Leopold Ruzicka) of the 1939 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for pioneering work (1929-34) on sex hormones.
1995 - In southern France near
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc a network of caves are discovered that contain paintings and engravings that are 17,000 to 20,000 years old.
1995 - Lamberto Dini torna-se o novo primeiro-ministro da Itália.
- 1996 - O partido socialista da Grécia escolhe Costas Simtis como o novo primeiro-ministro do país, substituindo Andréas Papandreou.
1996 - O casamento de Lisa Marie Presley, filha de Elvis Presley, e do cantor Michael Jackson, chega ao fim depois de dois anos.
1996 - A cantora Madonna chega à Argentina para filmar Evita, filme de Alan Parker. Ela é recebida com protestos pela população.
1997 - In north west
Rwanda,
Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
- 2001 - Al Waxman dies (b. 1935). Canadian actor.
2004 - A suicide truck bombing outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad killed at least 31 people
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